Re: [LU] From the economist... Looks at the strange brand

[McWilliams, Brendan, VF-Group (bmcwill)]

Not just the British, the Germans get to have a royal family as well!! 

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...By no means everyone in Britain shares my republicanism. Guillermo's
wedding day is likely to be celebrated with street parties, weather
permitting. But it does seem that the royal family may have joined the
curious class of brands http://manutdsg.com/splash.html and
individualshttp://www.simoncowell.org/ who
go down better overseas than at home. Given the occasional
flare-uphttp://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2011/02/top_gear_backfi
res
of
international controversies, it's handy for Brits abroad to be able to
fall
back on something that everyone seems to love. Last year I was ordered
out
of my car at an army checkpoint by a soldier who said he wanted to ask
me
some questions. The interrogation? How is la Reina Isabel?...
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[LU] From the economist... Looks at the strange brand

[Damian Walsh]

...By no means everyone in Britain shares my republicanism. Guillermo’s
wedding day is likely to be celebrated with street parties, weather
permitting. But it does seem that the royal family may have joined the
curious class of brands http://manutdsg.com/splash.html and
individualshttp://www.simoncowell.org/ who
go down better overseas than at home. Given the occasional
flare-uphttp://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2011/02/top_gear_backfires
of
international controversies, it’s handy for Brits abroad to be able to fall
back on something that everyone seems to love. Last year I was ordered out
of my car at an army checkpoint by a soldier who said he wanted to ask me
some questions. The interrogation? “How is la Reina Isabel?”...
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